Went over to attend niece's wedding shower, and got taped to pick up a few goodies at Spec's to add to the two cases we took over with us. Holy smokes, what a jernt! Have heard about it for years, and use their website (specsonline.com) to check regional availability and comparative prices.... but first time for a visit. Huge facility! Staff person every ten feet, very helpful, well-labeled sections and aisles, kind of a candy-store-for-adults atmosphere. Ran in with B-I-L, spent about $250, and ran back out again; teeming hordes of people, most leaving with two-wheeled dollies piled high. Glad it's four hours away, couldn't afford for it to be closer. They have branches all over town and also a store now in Austin, but the place in downtown Houston is still the Big Kahuna. Manoman. Nice!

That is why it is good for me not to live near a The Wine Club or a K and L....I would be broke.... You have a four hour drive but you can use a trunk...I'm limited to two pieces of cargo and what I can afford to ship..... [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

My lil' ole pushers jernt isn't nearly that large but in all other aspects they seem to be similar. They manage to keep me a busted sucker too! Speaking of Roberto, we haven't had the pleasure for a BERRY long time. Must be down south with his baby. WW

KC, have you had the '99 Mas Dumas Gassac? This thing should be coming out of its dumb phase now.......I've not had one though. What nights are you in? Thursday night being snowstorm night, I probably won't get in that night.

Schedules are a bit wierd this time of year because of all the holidays. I've just done eight days straight, so I have tomorrow and Thursday off. Then I open Friday (9-5), mid shift Saturday (11-7) and off Sunday and Monday. Next five days are Tues open, Wed close (1-9), Thurs open, Fri open and Sat close (2-10).